The meaning of ancient names

1. Han Yu, word back. "Yue" means "beyond". Of course, it is good to be outstanding, but it cannot be excessive, so it is necessary to "retreat". This advance and retreat is the golden mean.

2. "Homesickness" is a specious version of "golden mean", just as purple is a specious version of vermilion. That's how A Zi and Jun got their names in the Eight Dragons. Xiong Yi once wrote a short book about the names taken by the ancients, citing A Zi and Arjun as examples: If viewed separately, these are really common names. However, as long as you are familiar with the Confucian tradition and look at these two names together, you will suddenly understand the author's meaning and know that A Zi is doomed to be unable to get together with Qiao Feng.

3. "Xing, the people suffer; Everyone knows these two famous sayings of Zhang. It is worth gossiping that Zhang changed the word "Xi Meng" to the famous sentence "I am good at nurturing my noble spirit" in Mencius, and the name of the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran came from this. " "Meng" means "taking Mencius as an example".

4. "A gentleman lives in peace, but a villain is willing to take risks." It means that a gentleman acts according to principles, has consistent ethics, and will choose a stable and appropriate lifestyle and do his duty. As for the poor, he resigned himself to fate. The villain acts with obvious utilitarian purpose, preferring to take risks and covet lucky success. Bai Juyi's name comes from here. Bai Juyi, the word Lotte, comes from the Book of Changes, which means that a gentleman knows his destiny and clearly knows what can be achieved by hard work and what is beyond human control, so his attitude towards life is very cautious. "Juyi" and "Lotte" just match. Shortly after Bai Juyi's death, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem in memory of him. One of the words goes like this: "Floating clouds are easy to live in without a name, and naturally they take pleasure in doing nothing." Bai Juyi's life is indeed as the name suggests, like a floating cloud, not fettered by the shackles of fame and fortune, and suffered humiliation. Lotte knows that life never demands or forces itself. But he has always adhered to his own principles of life, which is the most important thing for Confucian gentlemen.

5. The Doctrine of the Mean carefully explains the concepts of "sincerity" and "sincerity". In a word, the former is born with "sincerity" and the latter is cultivated by hard work. The Doctrine of the Mean says: "Honesty" is heaven; "Honesty" is the way of people. In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Li Shizhong, and his words were sincere. Names and words come from this passage, and their meanings echo each other. The so-called "teacher" is "the doctrine of the mean". How to learn from others? That is "sincerity" and striving for progress.

6. Bu, surnamed Zi, is a disciple of Confucius. "Bu" is a hieroglyph, indicating the crack of tortoise shell after being burned. Because professionals can predict good or bad according to the shape of cracks, "divination" means "divination". The occupation responsible for divination is called "fortune teller", which has been passed down from generation to generation, and "fortune teller" has gradually evolved into a surname. In the names of the ancients, the meanings of names and words will echo. Shang Bo, Xia Zi, Shang and Xia are not only dynasty names, but also have the meaning of "big", so they can be matched. Zi is a good male name now, so it has become the most common male name.